US M17

[Havenot]

Probably a good investment.....A few years ago the USMC turned loose their Colt M45A1 pistols. These went from around $600 at first to like $2000+ later! Most of those were well worn finish

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[ozarkmac]

Not being someone that tracks these pistols (wish I had been now) and did not get in on the early $650 or so price, I decided I wanted to invest in one and traded a $1150 pistol which I had no problem parting with. Thinking of purchasing another outright as an investment. A couple questions:
1) Is it safe to assume that the future value of an average specimen M17 will not reach the current value of an average specimen M45A1?
2) Gunbroker shows that the low end as of right now is around $1200. I know it's a roll of the dice, but does this sound like a decent investment at this time?

[ozarkmac]

I keep hearing from "sellers" that the "markings" on their M17s enhance the collectability of their M17. Markings such as an engraved or sharpie number here and there.

My unskilled opinion is that these are not like arsenal rebuild marks on a USGI 1911. I can write or engrave whatever I want on my M17 with whatever I want to "enhance" it. I assume this is the case unless their is some proven provenance to back up the engraving.

In other words, the "been there done that" look does not apply here.

Compared to many of the "cleaner" examples I've seen, these would be worth less in value. Again, just my unskilled opinions here.

Love to hear some thoughts from anyone.

[ozarkmac]

Not that it affects the operation/disassembly of the pistol, but has anyone else noticed that when going from Page 45, 9.1 Disassembly, Step 2 to Page 46, it goes to Step 4. It is not skipping a step, it just mis-numbered it to Step 4. Should have been numbered Step 3.

I'm assuming this is in all of the manuals, not just mine.